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The project aims to address the issue of pollution load of the Hudiara Drain. It envisages a strong partnership with all the stakeholders specially, industries, government and the communities. Two major outputs of the project are sensitization of the industries through information dissemination, to adopt Cleaner Production (CP) Options and development of water quality standards. In these times, with growing environmental concerns globally, export industries themselves are looking into cleaner options due to buyer pressures and the local industries would follow if the options provided are cost effective. WWF - P plans to take these solutions to them and convince them to adopt them. For this WWF - P already has the support of LCCI who itself is interested in these solutions but due to lack of technical knowledge they have yet not been able to do something significant. An output of this project is to build the capacity of the Chamber and the industries just for the sustainability purpose so that once this project is over, there would be trained personnel available with the industrial sector to call upon in need. About the water quality standards, WWF P plans to develop such standards and submit them to the government, who in turn would finalize the implementation. Government recognises the need for such standards and once implemented, these standards would stay and serve as a yardstick to monitor pollution levels of all rivers, canals and drains. Hudiara Drain is an ideal case of a transboundary water body and in Indus Water Treaty in which it is clearly stated that both countries will ensure that no pollution is added in the drain from their sides. Moreover if the pollution load of the drain is reduced will ultimately affect the pollution levels in Hudiara Drain and will improve and ultimately revive the riverine ecosystem. Task force and chambers will continue to disseminate cleaner production options and the roles and responsibilities of the task force defined in this process will be useful after the course of the project. WWF Pakistan is also carrying out a project called the South-Asia Transboundary water quality monitoring project{ please show the funds received under SAWQM project as resource mobilzation for SGP project in budget summary as well as table}. The project is being carried out in collaboration with the Cooperative Monitoring Centre (CMC), Sandia Laboratories, U.S State Department of Energy. In this project the water quality monitoring of River Ravi is being monitored at two points upstream and downstream Ravi. The data regarding the water quality can be useful for our project and opportunities to seek collaboration with Sandia Laboratories U.S. in Hudiara Phase 2 can also be looked into. Stakeholder Workshop on Hudiara Drain: WWF P and UNDP organized a half day stakeholder workshop on Wednesday April 7th, 2004 at 2:00 pm at WWF P Head Office, Lahore to clearly define the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders for this project and to get their feedback whether they are willing to accept the assigned role to adopt environmental solutions that will be provided to them during the project. The Phase 2 of Hudiara Drain project now focuses on the Improvement of water quality through active participation of stakeholders, which were identified in this project as government, industry, community, research and educational institutions and our Indian counterpart. Therefore the successful execution of this project depends largely on the positive feedback from the stakeholders during and after the workshop. The proposal has been revised in light of the suggestions given during the workshop. (Minutes of the Stakeholder Workshop on Hudiara Drain is attached with the proposal as Annex C) Meeting with LCCI: A formal meeting with the LCCI Environment committee members was also held on May 14, 2004 in which they were apprised about their specific roles and were presented with a draft MoU. 4. PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND PROPOSED ACTIVITY: Primary objectives There are three primary objectives for the Phase of Hudiara Drain Study. These are: To reduce the extent of water contamination of Hudiara drain by sensitizing the industries to adopt environmentally friendly waste disposal techniques in collaboration with LCCI. To create meaningful partnerships amongst all stakeholders, including government line departments, WWF India and the non profit sector to reduce the pollution load of Hudiara Drain. To develop Irrigation/agriculture Water Quality Standards and Surface Water Classification Standards. To raise awareness amongst the communities using drain water for irrigation and other domestic purposes. Specific Objectives: To undertake measures for the improvement of water quality of a Hudiara Drain (a transboundary water channel) To reduce the pollution load of Hudiara Drain through active participation of stakeholders Project beneficiaries: Local Farmers & Community: The community outreach programme for the villages around Hudiara Drain will be developed to provide the community with a village health and education plan. Industry (along the banks of Hudiara Drain): Technical Assistance provided to industry will help them adopt cost effective, indigenous environmental solutions and will build the capacity of the professionals working in the industry regarding Better Management Practices. 5. PROJECT STRATEGY: WWF P believes in developing partnerships with stakeholder organisations. We always feel that by co

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